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Director:
Writer (WGA):
John Hughes (written by)
Release Date:
16 November 1990 (USA)
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Tagline:
A Family Comedy Without The Family. more
Plot:
An eight year-old, who is accidentally left behind while his family flies to France for Christmas, has to defend his home against idiotic burglars. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 10 wins
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3 nominations
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Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animal!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Macaulay Culkin | ... | Kevin McCallister |
 | Joe Pesci | ... | Harry |
 | Daniel Stern | ... | Marv |
 | John Heard | ... | Peter McCallister |
| Roberts Blossom | ... | Marley |
 | Catherine O'Hara | ... | Kate McCallister |
 | Angela Goethals | ... | Linnie |
| Devin Ratray | ... | Buzz |
| Gerry Bamman | ... | Uncle Frank |
| Hillary Wolf | ... | Megan |
 | John Candy | ... | Gus Polinski |
 | Larry Hankin | ... | Officer Balzak |
| Michael C. Maronna | ... | Jeff (as Michael C. Maronna) |
 | Kristin Minter | ... | Heather |
| Daiana Campeanu | ... | Sondra |
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103 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Brazil:Livre |
Iceland:L |
Australia:PG |
South Korea:All |
Portugal:M/6 |
New Zealand:PG |
Netherlands:AL (original rating) |
Netherlands:6 (re-rating) |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
Australia:PG (DVD rating) |
Canada:G |
Chile:TE |
Finland:S |
Germany:12 |
Norway:10 |
Peru:PT |
Singapore:PG |
Sweden:11 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG
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Trivia:
Little Nero's Pizza is an parody of Little Caesar's Pizza. "Caesar" was the title used by Roman emperors, such as Nero.
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Factual errors: When Kevin calls 9-1-1 to report that robbers are in his house, he uses a phone that says "Pacific Bell", which isn't available in Chicago.
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Kevin McCallister:
So give it a shot, for your granddaughter anyway. I'm sure she misses you and the presents.
Marley: I send her a check.
Kevin McCallister: I wish my grandparents did that. They always send me clothes. Last year I got a sweater with a big bird knitted on it.
Marley: That's nice.
Kevin McCallister: Not for a guy in the second grade. You can get beat up for wearing something like that. Yeah, I had a friend who got nailed because there was a rumor he wore dinosaur pajamas.
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Marley: I send her a check.
Kevin McCallister: I wish my grandparents did that. They always send me clothes. Last year I got a sweater with a big bird knitted on it.
Marley: That's nice.
Kevin McCallister: Not for a guy in the second grade. You can get beat up for wearing something like that. Yeah, I had a friend who got nailed because there was a rumor he wore dinosaur pajamas.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Seinfeld: The Junior Mint (#4.21)" (1993)
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Soundtrack:
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
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Did Buzz's spider have a name?Why did the McCallisters oversleep when they knew they had to get up at 8 a.m. in order to make the flight?
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In the Eighties, John Hughes churned out a handful of movies and scored many, many hits. Quite rightly, as most of them were seriously funny - I'm DEFINITELY not referring to Curly Sue, so relax! In one particular scene from Uncle Buck, Macaulay Culkin interrogates a babysitter through the letterbox to make sure she's not a baddie. This inspired Hughes to write a whole new movie. Who would have known that this and its sequel would go on to become two of the biggest hits of all time? Both Hughes and Chris Columbus seem to prefer setting their movies during the holiday season (Gremlins, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Christmas Vacation) and manage to pull them off without too much sentiment, or sickening amounts of gooey love.
There are two reasons why Home Alone was such a big success. The first is that it's about a kid who outsmarts grown-ups, something that happens every day, only there's a worldwide conspiracy of silence. This movie yells it out loud and clear. The second is John Williams's magical score, which elevates the movie way above slapstick family fare to something more serious and regarded. It was nominated for an Academy Award, along with the Christmas carol Somewhere In My Memory, but lost to John Barry's Dances with Wolves. Damn! In a mad rush to the airport one morning, the MacCallister family forget one little thing...Kevin (Culkin). He is an eight-year-old kid who wants nothing better than a peaceful Christmas and some time to himself. It's hard for him to get this when living in a house with seven other people(the exact same house from Planes, Trains And Automobiles, don't you know0. With the rest of the MacCallisters in Paris, Kevin runs wild doing whatever he wants, eating whatever he wants and watching whatever TV show he wants.
But there's one major problem. The Wet Bandits, Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern), are on the prowl and have knocked off every other house in Kevin's street. His is next. And seeing that he's man-of-the-house now, he HAS to defend it.
Using whatever tools are at his disposal (rusty nails, blow torches, Micro Machines) he sets up a labyrinth of booby traps, so that the Wets can't break in. Their idiot-proof determination proves to be their downfall, as they are tortured and torn-up upon entering Kevin's domain.
Although this is not the only point of the film, there is an important message that family is what really matters to a child, or to anyone, and having them home for the holidays is better than wandering a huge house all by yourself.
There are some movies that work best at Christmas and this is one of them. I'm not saying that in a couple of decades it will be the new It's A Wonderful Life, but it will be remembered fondly at the very least.
Don't be a Scrooge. It's Christmastime. Go rush to check out Home Alone.